Even by tabloid standards a crushing new low - ThreadSky

ottoenglish.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Even by tabloid standards a crushing new low

Reposted from Sunder Katwala (sundersays)

What on earth is the line of thinking behind what makes this news + front line splash?

Why is later career as a lawyer/judge of somebody who Starmer had a personal relationship with at some point around 1998 + ending over > 20 years ago relevant?
(He got engaged in 2004, married 2008)

Comments

slimwasherman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not as ugly as their "Enemies of the People" headline about judges, but very shoddy, even for them

gillow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Great excuse to post Brian Bilston's poem again.

remainresistant.bsky.social•9 hours ago

He's a genius. I love his poetry

gillow.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Me, too.

ladydaw.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Are they trying to appeal to those who are deeply disappointed by Starmer's u-turn and "current opinion". Is there an underlying "he's a trans ally after all"?

ladydaw.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Or maybe it's to distract from "Kemi Badenoch opens up to Sarah Vine"

pittgary.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I wish he still was and openly. I've had it with Starmer but for the completely opposite reason that they are suggesting.

wimblewomble1958.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Incredible bilge for the hard of thinking 🙄🤡🤦🏻‍♂️

caughtinthespin.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Just shows they can’t dig any real dirt on Starmer

liammmh.bsky.social•13 hours ago

It’s the sub headline that caught my eye - Kemi talking to Sarah Vine about run ins with predatory men - well you both supported one to become leader of your party….

cindymichels.bsky.social•14 hours ago

They sound so obsessed now, even their stupid readers are thinking they are obsessed.

cobieef.bsky.social•1 day ago

Aww. They aren't loving him for doing their dirty work. Lol. Also, of course Kemi Badenoch has met predatory men. She's in the Tory Party.

msej.bsky.social•16 hours ago

It is The Mail though so you wouldn’t expect anything any better from these muck raking liars or the people that buy this rag. I wouldn’t use it as toilet paper x.

badgersgetabadname.bsky.social•18 hours ago

You would never read that in a Japanese paper. The German press wouldn`t tap into the will of the people like the great British press do...

waxcapscooch.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I bet that new book is quality reading…..but at least divine intervention may save the world🤦‍♂️

oldnfat5705.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Next week Starmer once had two bottles of milk at nursery school. FFS.

bettertimes69.bsky.social•1 day ago

If this is the best they can come up with, then I for one am very happy.

rethinkthewolf.bsky.social•9 hours ago

How do you stop people from reading lies??

robertkilcoyne3.bsky.social•8 hours ago

You could have credible and effective press regulation for starters. We could have had this if David Cameron's government had possessed the courage to implement the recommendations of the Leveson Report, but Cameron was a coward, bowed to pressure from Murdoch and Rothermere, and did nothing.

rach58.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Pointless drivel, as usual, from Daily Fail

maldenrosselle.bsky.social•16 hours ago

There’s thick and there is thick fleet streets equivalent of sewage in print.

1630revello.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was at a reunion of good and occasionally great people from the voluntary sector yesterday, and the subject arose - how did the post-war liberal consensus corrode? And how are we liberals at fault for not protecting our hard-won values? We had the opportunity to make a better world.

joannab24.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Daily Mail plummets further!

jimbob1.bsky.social•14 hours ago

What will happen to the newspaper when the boomer generation leave us?

aletheian1.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Must be a slow news day.

martinmto.bsky.social•1 day ago

Literally scraping the detritus off the bottom of a barrel in the Marina Trench.

It's funny to see their desperation tho' 🤣🤣🤣

tarquinfauntleroy.bsky.social•1 day ago

It does seem desperate. I'm trying to imagine the people down my local pub trying to make sense of this front page.

The Sunday Sport is more newsworthy..😂

radomirtroika.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Previously Daily Mail(1920-30’s) supported The Fascist Party of Oswald Mosley. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow from 1918 to 1924 and for Smethwick from 1926 to 1931. He founded the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932 and led it until its forced disbandment in 1940, friend of Hitler.

williamhumphrey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Right wing arsewipe of a 'news'paper acting the cunt again !

ethelcrimble.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Little people live in a world where they dream that women have to have the same opinions and values as their men. The Mail is written by little people for other little people.
Time wasting crap.

smfbooth.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Everyday is a crushing new blow for the Daily Mail.

trevbreaker.bsky.social•15 hours ago

It shows how little actual dirt they can get on him, and to a sane rational reader just makes them look dumb as fuck.

Their readers are lost to reason and decency anyway.

peteoldboy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good grief. It’s not even newsworthy let alone front page news. By these standards they can’t possibly regard themselves as journalists.

john80000.bsky.social•18 hours ago

The Daily Mail is the newspaper that supported Hitler and the Nazis.

debatingroom.bsky.social•14 hours ago

The whole story is based upon a colleague claiming that she was "accused of being influenced by trans-activists".

In response to the story, a Daily Mail reader said, "It's shocking to be influenced by opinions!"

jasonroberts3114.bsky.social•1 day ago

If that’s the headline grabber from the new book being publicised by the Mail, I can’t imagine it’ll be flying off the shelves. 🥱

macsibob.bsky.social•16 hours ago

We can't be far away from 'Starmer Ate My Hamster!' 🤣🤣

cwashington.bsky.social•1 day ago

If they're implying he's pro-trans, he's hiding it really, really well.

shauntompkins62.bsky.social•16 hours ago

The bottom of the barrel was scraped a long time ago unfortunately...

johnnyninefingers.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I'm not a fan of Starmer, but the Mail is always on the wrong side of things.

It seems to be the family curse of the Harmsworth/Rothermere clan; they are doomed to always get things wrong from a fascist perspective, and to sell their wrongness to all who will listen, to spread it around.

reluctantbob.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Sadly it works on the target audience.

redditchgirl.bsky.social•18 hours ago

How is this journalism? Very poor.

manderson22.bsky.social•15 hours ago

How funny

amadmanda.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Yep! Classy eh?

chrisra50.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It’s truly pathetic and exactly what I’d expect of this rag.

tjhl65.bsky.social•20 hours ago

If this were the last piece of paper left on the planet, I’d still prefer to wipe my arse with a handful of stinging nettles than allow that to sully my personage.

What I can’t get through my head is that people actually part with their hard-earned to read that crap.